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LaCrosse
Fish Health Center
Contacting the Center:
Project Biologist: Richard Nelson
e-mail: rick_nelson@fws.gov555 Lester Avenue
Onalaska, WI 54650
Phone: 608-783-8441
Fax: 608-783-8450
TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay)The Fish Health Center is located in southwestern Wisconsin, approximately six miles north of LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
Center Facts
Established: 1962
FY 2006 Budget: $602,000
Staff: seven permanent employees
Geographic Area Served
Eight-state region in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Basin
Member of a national system of nine fish health laboratories
Center Goals
Provide fish health services to six national and several tribal fish hatcheries to minimize the risk of disease agents impacting fish restoration
Assist state and private fish hatcheries in diagnosing and controlling infectious disease agents
Provide technical assistance regarding fish health and propagation
Conduct wild fish health surveys to determine and monitor the distribution of fish pathogens in free ranging fish populations
Services Provided To
State and federal agencies
Regional Indian Communities
Fishery research agencies
Commercial hatcheries
Universities
Activity Highlights
Staff instructs several fish health courses offered through the Service’s National Conservation Training Center
Conducts research projects on parasitological, viral and bacteriological fish disease agents
Has collected more than 21,000 tissue samples from 39 species of fish throughout the Midwest Region for the National Wild Fish Health Survey
Monitors and oversees the use of drugs and chemicals for national fish hatchery use under the sponsorship of the National Investigational New Animal Drug Program
Participates on rapid response team to investigate suspicious fish kills in regional lakes and rivers
